Arjen Dondorp

Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit / University of Oxford

Prof. Dr. Arjen Dondorp trained as an intensive care and infectious diseases physician in the Netherlands. He is a Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford, U.K. and Deputy Director and Head of Malaria Research at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He chairs the Regional Steering Committee of the Regional Artemisinin Initiative of the GFATM, and chairs the Technical Expert Group on Antimalarial Drug Resistance and Containment of the WHO Global Malaria Program. His main research interests include the pathophysiology and management of severe malaria and other severe tropical diseases, antimalarial drug resistance, and improving intensive care medicine in resource limited settings.